Child safety socket covers have been declared a 'hazard', but confusion about whether to use them in early years settings remains.
Practitioners are continuing to report that some Ofsted inspectors still regard socket covers as a safety requirement, even though Ofsted has officially confirmed to Nursery World that it does not recommend that they are used in nurseries.
Writing on an early years forum, practitioners have commented: 'I had a fit person interview last month. It went really well, then on the way out the inspector pointed out that one socket didn't have a cover in the reception area.'
'We have covers on all sockets and even though I and other members of staff have broken many a fingernail when trying to remove them, I wouldn't be without them. When we were Ofsteded last year our inspector actually checked that each socket was covered!'
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